“Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” takes place March 3 at Nationwide Arena
in Columbus, Ohio, and coincides with the annual Arnold Sports Festival.
The main card airs on Showtime, and prelims air on Showtime Extreme.

Bowling vs. Sailing will be part of the Showtime Extreme broadcast.

The hard-hitting Bowling has alternated between wins and losses since joining Strikeforce in 2010. Most recently, he rebounded from a TKO loss to Bobby Voelker with a 42-second knockout of Jerron Peoples at “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal.” Bowling, who’s based out of Cincinnati’s Team Vision, now owns six knockouts in 10 career wins.

Saling, who’s racked up 13 fights in just 12 months as a pro, makes his big-show debut on the strength of a 5-1 run in regional organizations, including Ohio’s popular NAAFS promotion. Like Bowling, Saling, who’s trained with Team Jorge Gurgel, has a penchant for knockouts; he’s ended his past four wins via strikes.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?